Washington panchang, 19 September 2026
Sunrise 06:54 Sunset 19:08 Moonrise 15:26 Bhadrapada month
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 38.90°, -77.04° · America/New_York (UTC-04:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:54 to 19:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:54 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta 06:54 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta 07:43 – 08:32
- Rahu Kalam 09:57 – 11:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:37 – 13:26
- Yamaganda 14:33 – 16:05
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
19:08 to 06:55 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 19:08 – 21:30
- Brahma Muhurta 05:21 – 06:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:52 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:22 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 16:13 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 05:52 next day
- Karana Balava until 19:10, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 16:13 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 19:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:52 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:54 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:43 – 08:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:57 – 11:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 16:05
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:20 – 06:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:37 – 13:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:08 – 21:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:54 – 06:55 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:13 – 06:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:54 – 08:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:26 – 09:57 | Good |
| Rog | 09:57 – 11:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:29 – 13:01 | Bad |
| Char | 13:01 – 14:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:33 – 16:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:05 – 17:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:36 – 19:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 19:08 – 20:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:37 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:05 – 23:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:33 – 01:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:01 – 02:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:30 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:58 – 05:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:26 – 06:55 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:05 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:07 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:54 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:54 NowMars
- 16:54 NowSun
- 17:54 NowVenus
- 18:54 NowMercury
- 19:54 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:54 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 02:54 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 05:54 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:20 – 06:46 Leo
- 06:46 – 09:14 Virgo
- 09:14 – 11:45 Libra
- 11:45 – 14:09 Scorpio
- 14:09 – 16:10 Sagittarius
- 16:10 – 17:43 Capricorn
- 17:43 – 18:58 Aquarius
- 18:58 – 20:11 Pisces
- 20:11 – 21:35 Aries
- 21:35 – 23:25 Taurus
- 23:25 – 01:42 next day Gemini
- 01:42 – 04:12 next day Cancer
- 04:12 – 06:42 next day Leo
- 06:42 – 06:55 next day Virgo
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in EDT (UTC-4) · Method